4th of July 2012

I absolutely love the 4th of July, it takes the cake as far as favorite holidays are concerned, followed closely by Thanksgiving and Christmas:)  I love everything about it, the colors, the bbq's, family, treats, fireworks, music, and the opportunity to remember and thank those who have served our country.  Mandy and I were REALLY in the 4th of July spirit and made this brownie cake balls, strawberries, and a few other goodies:)  We went over to my parents for a bbq and ate TONS of food!  My battery on my camera started to die towards the end of the night, so I didn't get any pictures of us all sitting around the fire pit, or the kiddos doing their sparklers:)  But they loved every minute of it:)  We sang songs, watched the fireworks from the fields, and played!

Growing Boys

My boys are growing so fast, I cannot even believe it!  We have really tried to capitalize on the good weather, and tried to make an effort to do some more "out doorzy" things with the boys.  We took the boys fishing, and had a lot of fun!  Braxton loved everything about fishing, except the worms, and the actual fish....he wanted NOTHING to do with either of them and kept telling us to put them back in the water.  Merrick just happily sat in his carseat and enjoyed the beautiful scenery!  We don't get out and do things as a family as much as we would like to, but when we do, we never regret it.  I have really tried to take a lot of pictures of the boys, Brax hides from me when I pull the camera out, Merrick for the most part cooperates, but it is still challenging at time to get their adorable little faces to look at me when I am snapping away.  I love my boys, all 3 of them:)

Slip and Slide

This past week one day was going to be particularly warm, and so I thought it would be fun to round up the troops and do the slip n' slide over at grandma and grandpa's!  We were out there for almost 4 hours!!!!!!  Who needs a pool when you have this right?!?!?!  They had a BLAST to say the least, and it was so fun to watch them!  Thank you Grandma & Grandpa for the fun slip n' slide & the pizza afterwards:)